UK's Suella Braverman has left job as interior minister
October 20, 2022, 8:37 am

UK's Suella Braverman has left job as interior minister

Suella Braverman, Conservative MP for Fareham and Home Secretary - Photo. Official Twitter account

Britain's Suella Braverman has left her job as interior minister, the Guardian reported on Wednesday (Oct 19), adding to the turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Liz Truss's six-week premiership.

The Sun's political editor said Braverman had been fired.

If confirmed Braverman's departure would mark the second of Truss's most senior ministers to be replaced in less than a week, after she sacked her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday.

The Guardian cited sources saying her departure was "at the behest" of Kwarteng's replacement Jeremy Hunt. Former transport minister Grant Shapps is being tipped to replace her, the newspaper said.

The Home Office declined to comment on the reports.

Confirming her departure, Braverman said she had broken the rules by sending an official document from her personal email to a parliamentary colleague.

Truss, in power for just over six weeks, has been fighting for her political survival since September 23, when she launched a mini-budget of vast unfunded tax cuts that sent shock waves through financial markets - Photo. Official Facebook account

But she said she had serious concerns about the government and that just hoping problems would go away was not a viable approach.

"I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility, I resign," she said in a letter to the prime minister.

As a replacement, Truss appointed former minister Grant Shapps, who said recently that Truss faced a massive battle to survive.

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Media reports suggested Truss and Braverman might have clashed over immigration.

Braverman, who said recently that she dreamt of seeing asylum seekers being deported to Rwanda, has advocated a hard line on immigration numbers, while Truss has suggested restrictions could be lifted in some sections of the economy.

Truss, in power for just over six weeks, has been fighting for her political survival since September 23, when she launched a mini-budget of vast unfunded tax cuts that sent shock waves through financial markets.

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A handful of MPs have openly called for her to quit, and others have discussed who should replace her.

The latest drama at Westminster comes as millions of Britons worry about rising inflation and cuts to public spending, with the political elite seen to be doing little to ease those concerns.

Truss had just told MPs she was sorry for her mistakes but was not going to quit, when reports swirled that her interior minister, or home secretary, had gone.

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